General Leadership and Management Movies : Sir Alex Ferguson Secrets to Sucess

Sir Alex Ferguson is regarded by many players, managers and analysts to be one of the greatest and most successful managers of all time. So it's very clear he has excellent leadership and management skills. At the start of this documentary Ryan Giggs mentions Fergusons 'relentless need for success and his desire to do better', this is an aspect of a great leader as he is always trying to do better than he has before and feels he hasn't accomplished anything until he is successful and will always do his best.

The question asked at the London school of business is 'What does it take to be a great leader?' where Sir Alex Ferguson answered and explained his reasons to being a great leader. His first answer was 'Assert control and expose discipline': In my opinion discipline is essential to achieve any objective otherwise anarchy would break out and become impossible to manage. He explains that little things such as uniform and behaving yourself off the pitch were just as important as anything else as everything contributes. He ensures equality is important which i think is key within any organisation whether it be a business or a football team because everyone should be treat as fair as each other but some people treat differently based on there personality as he knew he could get the potential out of everyone in the long term.
Making tough decisions is very important for being a good leader. in Sir Alex Fergusons case it was buying and selling players, for example he sold Roy Keane one of Man United's best as he disrespected the club. This showed nobody was bigger than the club and I believe this made everyone feel scared and threatened and kept on their toes.

Morrett one of the worlds most successful business men who invested in Apple, PayPal and Google backed sir Alex as he knew he was different and had an eye for business not just football. He saw Sir Alex's leadership skills were universal. It's clear to me he must be one of the best leaderships if he is in the same categories as these.
Sir Alex says he loves lecturing young entrepreneurs on leadership skills. I find this very aspiring, once I finish my degree I want to be a young entrepreneur and the thought of have someone as successful as Sir Alex telling me experiences and the best advice on how to be a leader really gives me the drive and ambition to follow my dreams.
Sir Alex believes giving job recognition and being sociable with everybody throughout Manchester United from the pitch to the dinner lady's was very important as it helped build a strong club and a family orientated feeling about it. I believe this helped him gain trust and could impact on everyone if he wanted as it shows he takes an interest and cares about everyone at the club. Last year when I worked at Morrisons and my manager used to say well done or nice work it made me feel appreciated and motivate me to maintain this standard.
Sir Alex's states to be a successful leader you must be able to challenge the existing culture and change it to adapt to the new way that it should operate for it to be successful. I believe this must be quite difficult to do as people may disagree with you and cause conflict but you must grind through it and prove the positive results in the end to show why you made these changes. This is very important for me to keep in mind if I ever come across a similar situation in the future I must follow what I believe in and not be influenced by anyone else.

Personally, I believe the most important assets of a leader are-
Passion - An effective leader is a person with a passion for a cause that is larger than they are
Control, Motivation and team work were also crucial to Fergusons success. I believe Motivation is important because it provides the drive for people to accomplish their goals, maintain their responsibilities or solve problems. Also a team that works well together understands the strengths and weaknesses of each team member and in terms of football this is very important.